Creating a Better World – One Community Weekly Progress Update #230

Creating a better world is possible if enough people want it. In many ways it is already happening, in other areas much work remains. Open source and free-shared sustainability components that include food, energy, and housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economic design, social architecture, fulfilled living, and global stewardship practices are one approach for global improvement. One Community is an all-volunteer nonprofit developing all of these in support of a global collaboration for The Highest Good of all people and life on our planet.

• Here’s our project overview
• Here’s our world-change methodology
  
• Here’s how this becomes self-replicating
• Here’s how we are open source and free-sharing all the do-it-yourself designs

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One Community’s physical location will forward this movement as the first of many self-replicating teacher/demonstration communities, villages, and cities to be built around the world. This is the August 20th, 2017 edition (#230) of our weekly progress update detailing our team’s development and accomplishments:

Creating a Better World
One Community Progress Update #230

Here is the bullet-point list of this last week’s design and progress discussed in detail in the video above:

CREATING A BETTER WORLD INTRO: @0:34

HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING: @7:40

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER: @10:36

• Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei continued work on the City Center structural engineering tutorial (see below)
• Dipti Dhondarkar continued with her 46th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center (see below)
• Aravind Vasudevan continued his work on the City Center basement heating and cooling details (see below)
• Vamsi Pulugurtha completed updated heat loss into the ground report as part of the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD: @12:11

• Streamlined the Food Bars page and created the long term and short term strategy sections on the new Food Procurement and Storage Plan page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION: @12:43

• Continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans (see below)
• Researched additional content and resources to expand our Reggio, Waldorf, and Orff web pages (see below)
• Added all our related lesson plans to each of our key values pages linked to from our One Community World-change Pledge page (see below)

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY: @13:38

• Finished the Open Source AutoCAD Template page and tutorial (see below)
• Invested several more hours developing the graphic showing where all our collaborators and volunteers are from (see below)
• Sowmya Manohar, working on the Highest Good Network software, fixed the known issues in the modals and provided a solution for an addon error that made installing the software problematic
• Priti Kothari completed her first week helping with the Highest Good Network software by taking over development of the Leaderboard element (see below)
• Neha Verma joined the team and began work on the Highest Good Network time logging component (see below)

CREATING A BETTER WORLD SUMMARY: @14:59

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HIGHEST GOOD HOUSING PROGRESS

One Community is creating a better world through Highest Good housing that is artistic and beautiful, more affordable, more space efficient, lasts longer, DIY buildable, and constructed with healthy and sustainable materials:

• • • Learn about: Our Upcoming Crowdfunding Campaign
    • Learn about the different village models: 7 Sustainable Village Models
    • Visit the open source portals for the first two: Earthbag Village OS Hub | Straw Bale Village OS Hub

This last week the core team finished the heat exchanger video that shows our initial testing and results for the heat exchangers that will be used in the Earthbag Village Communal Eco-shower Designs. Once we finished this video, we also added it to the Communal Eco-shower page and updated the page with a parts list, testing descriptions, and other details, as shown here.

Creating a Better World – Communal Eco-Shower Page – Parts List and Other Details – Click to Visit

…And we remastered and added the final 18 images:

Creating a Better World – Added Final 18 images to Communal Eco-Shower Page – Click to Visit

The core team also continued working in Sketchup on the open source outdoor areas of the Recycled Materials Village (Pod 6). We checked and replaced all repetitive items with easier to render components, created a bench with back support and tires (see top right pic that inspired the idea), and began designing a bench with roof and bookshelves.

Creating a Better World – Sketchup work on the Recycled Materials Village – Click for Page

In addition to this, the core team created this initial render of this view from inside the Tree House Village (Pod 7). You can see the before and after here with notes showing we’ll be updating the trees next.

Creating a Better World – Initial Render of View From Inside the Tree House Village – Click for Page

Hemanth Kotaru (Structural Engineering Masters Student) completed his 3rd week with us by conducting additional Earthbag Village construction research. This week’s focus was buttressing and doorways and you can see a summary of the findings so far here.

Creating a Better World – Continued with Earthbag Village Construction Research – Click to Visit Page

And Christian Ojeda (Mechatronic Engineer) completed his 23rd week helping with the heat-recycling Communal Eco-shower and Vermiculture Bathroom designs. This week’s focus was an updated plumbing layout that placed the plumbing side-by-side and added in overflow safety pipes for the Net-zero Communal Bathroom Designs.

Creating a Better World – Heat-Recycling Communal Eco-Shower – Vermiculture Bathroom – Click to Visit

Guy Grossfeld(Graphic Designer) continued helping with the Tree House Village (Pod 7) renders. This week he ran final high-quality renders for all the different side views and the first new test render for the complete village, all of which you can see here.

Samantha Robinson (3D Designer) completed her 3rd week working on the interior design for the living structure of the Tree House Village (Pod 7). This week’s focus, as shown here, was fixing the custom end table designs to not conflict with the under-bed shelving, new clock, lamp, and shelving details, and beginning work on the staircase.

Continued Working on Tree House Village Interior Design for the Living Structure – Click for Page

Rufino Lagundaon (3D Designer) also completed his 2nd week working on the Tree House Village internal renders for the dining structure. Here is the most recent kitchen render.

Creating a Better World – Tree House Village Internal Renders for the Dining Structure – Click for Page

Rufino also started updating the AutoCAD layout to reflect the new layout details, as shown here.

Creating a Better World – Updating AutoCAD Layout to Reflect the New Layout Details – Click for Page

DUPLICABLE CITY CENTER PROGRESS

One Community is creating a better world through a Duplicable and Sustainable City Center that is LEED Platinum certified/Sustainable, can feed 200 people at a time, provide laundry for over 300 people, is beautiful, spacious, and saves resources, money, and space:

• • • Learn about this building and it’s function: Duplicable City Center Open Source Hub

This last week Haoxuan “Hayes” Lei (Structural Engineer) continued work on the City Center structural engineering tutorial. What you see here is his 3rd week of writing content. This week’s content focus was live loads and wind loads.

Creating a Better World – Continued Work – City Center Structural Engineering Tutorial – Click for Page

Dipti Dhondarkar, (Electrical Engineer) continued with her 46th week of work on the lighting specifics for the City Center. This week’s focus was fixing last week’s program errors, finishing updating the tables and chairs, testing 2 more lighting layouts for the wall, and adding the loft overhang where we’ll be placing additional accent lights.

Creating a Better World – Continued Work – Lighting Specifics for the City Center – Click for Page

Aravind Vasudevan (Mechanical Engineer) also continued his work on the City Center basement heating and cooling details. This week’s focus was completing version 2.0 of the climate battery calculations spreadsheet that we’ll be linking to from the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub. You can see this work here.

Creating a Better World – Continued Work – City Center Basement Heating, Cooling – Click for Page

Vamsi Pulugurtha (Mechanical Engineer) also completed this updated heat loss into the ground report as part of the City Center Heating and Cooling open source hub. This updated report now includes cross sections showing how the heat from the building decreases as you get deeper into the ground and how heat dissipates differently inside the basement based on the temperature of the surrounding earth.

Creating a Better World – Completed Updated Heat Loss into the Ground Report – Click for Page

HIGHEST GOOD FOOD PROGRESS

One Community is creating a better world through Highest Good food that is more diverse, more nutritious, locally grown and sustainable, and part of our open source botanical garden model to support and share bio-diversity:

• • • Learn about the structures: Hoop House Hub | Aquapini & Walipini Open Source Hub
    • See what we’ll be growing: Gardens & Hoop Houses | Large-scale Structures | Food Forest | TA

This week, the core team continued editing the Food Self-sufficiency Transition Plan pages. We streamlined the Food Bars page and created the long term and short term strategy sections on the new Food Procurement and Storage Plan page, as you see here.

Creating a Better World – Continued Edit – Food Self-Sufficiency Transition Plan Pages – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD EDUCATION PROGRESS

One Community is creating a better world through Highest Good education that is for all ages, applicable in any environment, adaptable to individual needs, far exceeds traditional education standards, and more fun for both the teachers and the students:

• • • Learn about the components: Education open source hub
    • Learn how the components work together: How to use the Education for Life Program
      

This week, the core team continued the process of a final proofreading and editing of all 52 lesson plans. This week we completed the Play Lesson Plan and the Sharing Lesson Plan. This brings us to 46 of 52 finished, which is 88.5% completion.

Creating a Better World – Continued Process Editing – 52 Lesson Plans – Click for Lesson Plans for Life

The core team also researched additional content and resources to expand our Reggio, Waldorf, and Orff web pages. You can see some of this behind-the-scenes work here. 

Creating a Better World – Additional Research to Expand Reggio, Waldorf, Orff Pages- Click to Visit

We also added all our related lesson plans to each of our key values pages linked to from our One Community World-change Pledge page. You can see some of these here.

Creating a Better World – Added Related Lesson Plans to Each of Our Key Values Pages – Click to Visit

HIGHEST GOOD SOCIETY PROGRESS

One Community is creating a better world through a Highest Good society approach to living that is founded on fulfilled living, the study of meeting human needs, Community, and making a difference in the world:

• • • Read the Highest Good society overview: Highest Good Society
    • Learn about the model for fulfilled living and sharing: A Day in the Life
    • Learn about the 4 economic models: RBE | For-profit | Non-profit | Entrepreneurship
    • Learn about our open source community collaboration and management software: The Highest Good Network

This week the core team finished the Open Source AutoCAD Template page and tutorial. This included updated menus, images, formatting, added resources, and more. You can see some of this work here.

Creating a Better World – Finished Open Source AutoCAD Template Page and Tutorial – Click to Visit

The core team also invested several more hours developing the graphic showing where all our collaborators and volunteers are from. This information will be featured in our overview video and on the Team page.

Creating a Better World – Graphic showcasing collaborators and volunteers locations – Click for Team

In addition to this, Sowmya Manohar (Software Engineer, Web Developer & Net Application Developer) working on the Highest Good Network software fixed the known issues in the modals and provided a solution for an addon error that made installing the software problematic. Priti Kothari (Information Technology Enthusiast) also completed her first week helping with this part of the project by taking over development of the Leaderboard element, and Neha Verma (Software Development Manager) joined the team and began work on the time logging component.

Creating a Better World – Continued Working on the Highest Good Network Software – Click for Page

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WHAT ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING

One Community is creating a place to grow together and change the world together thereby Creating a Better World.We are creating a space that helps each other live in integrity with each other and the planet as we strive to be the greatest versions of ourselves. We do this by harmoniously respecting each other, nature, and the rest of our one shared planet.

Our goal is to demonstrate what we feel is the most sustainable, healthy, and fun environment we can create. A place based on compassion, kindness, and collaboration. This replicable community will serve as an example for what is possible.

Throughout our design process we are open sourcing and free-sharing everything needed for construction and replication. This includes what we call “Highest Good” approaches to food, energy, housing, education, for-profit and non-profit economics design, social architecture, fulfilled living, stewardship practices and more. We are creating these resources for implementation as individual components or complete developments called teacher/demonstration hubs. These hubs will help launch additional hubs as awareness and knowledge grow.

BUILDING THE FIRST OF MANY

One Community will be the first teacher/demonstration hub. It will function as an experiential-learning model that facilitates mass participation to address humanity’s most pressing challenges through: A replicable model for expansion, building seven self-sufficient village/city prototypes, becoming the world leader in open-source sustainability solutions, and evolving and expanding ALL aspects of sustainable living.

WHY ONE COMMUNITY IS CREATING THIS

The One Community self-replicating model is capable of creating a sustainable planet within 30 years. We will achieve this by establishing successful teacher/demonstration hubs on every continent. Villages include designs appropriate for each of the five main types of climates. They also include options for even the most challenged economies. These hubs will collaborate with one another, share ideas, resources, and work together as a network to heal the planet. They will also transform the global lifestyle to a more enjoyable, fulfilling, healthy, and sustainable one.

The specifics of how One Community is accomplishing this can be found on the One Community Solution Model to Create Solution-creating Models Page. Research supporting and showing the benefits of a model like this can be found on our Research and Resources Articles Archive.

Even if we don’t achieve our ultimate goal of global transformation, a self-replicating teacher/demonstration model like this will take a relatively short period of time to positively affect millions while inspiring millions more. For One Community residents (the Pioneer Team), the idea of creating and sharing the social and recreational experience with visitors is also fun, exciting, fulfilling, and an additional reason why we are creating this.

SUMMARY

One Community sees the issues of the world as interdependent and interconnected. To address them simultaneously, we are open-source blueprinting a more advanced standard of living by designing holistic, environmentally-regenerative, self-sustaining, adaptable solutions for all areas of sustainability and Creating a Better World . We will model these within a comprehensive “village/city” which will be built in the southwestern U.S. This teacher/demonstration hub will be a place people can experience a new way of living and then replicate it with our open source blueprints: creating a model solution that creates additional solution-creating models.